In the next three days, I expect each of you to:
1. Contribute new content to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki
You should add to both the Overview section and your Team section (1A, 2B, etc.)
2. Collaborate by improving the content that other students have added to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki
You can edit the writing to make it more clear, add contextual hyperlinks where appropriate, etc.
3. Communicate with your teammates about everything you're doing
You must add a post to the discussion page after every edit; indicate your team in the subject line (see examples here on the ebooks discussion page)
Suggested Steps to Follow
Here are some things that will help you accomplish your work (do these in whatever order seems useful to you):
Read over your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki to see what's already there, what needs to be added, etc.
Pay careful attention to the Essential Questions (gray boxes), Overviews of each section (italics), and guiding questions under each heading
Talk to the other 1 or 2 students in this class who are working on the same technology topic
See the Team Matrix if you're not sure who they are :)
Read the information about your technology trend in the 2011 Horizon Report and the addition resources mentioned/linked by the report
Read about your Net Gen norm in Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott (books are in the box on the counter)
Research your technology trend on Diigo:
Search the entire Diigo community (go back to "My Library" and use the search box top right)
Research your technology trend and/or your Net Gen norm on the web (I'll show you some strategies for using Google more effectively when I get back)
Use the technology topic pages here on our class wiki to draft your writing (if you want to) before adding it to the NetGenEd wiki
Important Reminders
Important Reminder #1: When you are writing, keep track of your sources (using Diigo) - I will show you how to add wiki-style citations later this week!
Important Reminder #2: When you save and share resources to the Diigo group, be sure to use the standard tags for the project:
ebooks
mobile
augmentedreality
gamebased
gesturebased
learninganalytics
Important Reminder #3: All of you together are smarter than any one working alone - help each other out and keep up the great work!
Thursday, March 31 - Friday, April 1
RSS in Plain English
RSS Feeds - Make the Latest Information Come to You!
Use your iGoogle page, Google Reader, or create a Netvibes page as your RSS Dashboard
Subscribe to the RSS Feeds for:
Your Latest Content on your "My Page"
The Discussion Forum for any group(s) you belong to on the NetGenEd Ning
The Page Discussions on your Topic Wiki page
The Page Edits on your team's subpage on the wiki (use the search box to find it!)
The Bookmarks from the NetGenEd 2011 group on Diigo
The Bookmarks with your technology topic's standard tag
Monday, April 4 - Tuesday, April 5
New Routine
From now on, at the beginning of each class, please check your RSS dashboard
Respond to any messages (Ning & Wiki), take a look at any new resources (Diigo), and read any new content that has been added to your wiki page
Cite your sources!
Learn how to create footnotes on a wiki page Here's a link to the guidelines for Citing Sources on the Project Help Wiki Here's a link to the Wikispaces instructions for Adding References to Your Wiki
With your partner(s), practice creating citations on the topic pages of our class wiki
Follow the step-by-step process outlined below
Step-by-step Process for Adding References
1. You need 3 tabs open: the wiki page you are editing, the website of your source, and a citation tool such as BibMe
2. Use BibMe to create the MLA citation for your reference
3. Copy the citation
4. Go into edit mode on your wiki page and put your cursor at the end of the information you are citing
5. Type then paste the citation in between the 2 ref tags
6. Copy the URL from the website of your source
7. Highlight and copy the URL in your citation, click the Link button, select External Link, paste the URL you copied, and click Add Link
8. Save your edit and check to see that a footnote appears where you inserted the ref tags
9. Click on the footnote and make sure the citation at the bottom appears correctly with a working hyperlink
On Your Own
Add References for the information you've contributed to the NetGenEd wiki All information you add to the wiki (including images) will need to be cited using a ref tag for each source
Learn a Little More
Continue to explore your technology trend Try searching for videos (so you can see demos of the latest tech in action) Since you can't view YouTube at school, limit your search with the term -youtube.com
Wednesday, April 6
Watch and Discuss Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - Lux Aurumque
Find a Creative-Commons-licensed image related to your technology topic Add it to your wiki page with a citation: "image title" CC by username on Website (Flickr, etc.)
Google Advanced Image Search (select Usage Rights and pull down the licensing options in the bottom right-hand corner)
Table of Contents
Monday, March 28 - Wednesday, March 30
Your Tasks
In the next three days, I expect each of you to:1. Contribute new content to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki
- You should add to both the Overview section and your Team section (1A, 2B, etc.)
2. Collaborate by improving the content that other students have added to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki- You can edit the writing to make it more clear, add contextual hyperlinks where appropriate, etc.
3. Communicate with your teammates about everything you're doingSuggested Steps to Follow
Here are some things that will help you accomplish your work (do these in whatever order seems useful to you):Read over your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki to see what's already there, what needs to be added, etc.
- Pay careful attention to the Essential Questions (gray boxes), Overviews of each section (italics), and guiding questions under each heading
Talk to the other 1 or 2 students in this class who are working on the same technology topic- See the Team Matrix if you're not sure who they are :)
Read the information about your technology trend in the 2011 Horizon Report and the addition resources mentioned/linked by the reportRead about your Net Gen norm in Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott (books are in the box on the counter)
Research your technology trend on Diigo:
- Search the NetGenEd 2011 Diigo group (by tags)
- Search the NetGenEd 2010 Diigo group (by tags)
- Search the entire Diigo community (go back to "My Library" and use the search box top right)
Research your technology trend and/or your Net Gen norm on the web (I'll show you some strategies for using Google more effectively when I get back)Use the technology topic pages here on our class wiki to draft your writing (if you want to) before adding it to the NetGenEd wiki
Important Reminders
Important Reminder #1: When you are writing, keep track of your sources (using Diigo) - I will show you how to add wiki-style citations later this week!Important Reminder #2: When you save and share resources to the Diigo group, be sure to use the standard tags for the project:
Important Reminder #3: All of you together are smarter than any one working alone - help each other out and keep up the great work!
Thursday, March 31 - Friday, April 1
RSS in Plain English
RSS Feeds - Make the Latest Information Come to You!
Use your iGoogle page, Google Reader, or create a Netvibes page as your RSS DashboardSubscribe to the RSS Feeds for:
Monday, April 4 - Tuesday, April 5
New Routine
From now on, at the beginning of each class, please check your RSS dashboardRespond to any messages (Ning & Wiki), take a look at any new resources (Diigo), and read any new content that has been added to your wiki page
Cite your sources!
Learn how to create footnotes on a wiki pageHere's a link to the guidelines for Citing Sources on the Project Help Wiki
Here's a link to the Wikispaces instructions for Adding References to Your Wiki
With your partner(s), practice creating citations on the topic pages of our class wiki
Follow the step-by-step process outlined below
Step-by-step Process for Adding References
1. You need 3 tabs open: the wiki page you are editing, the website of your source, and a citation tool such as BibMe2. Use BibMe to create the MLA citation for your reference
3. Copy the citation
4. Go into edit mode on your wiki page and put your cursor at the end of the information you are citing
5. Type
6. Copy the URL from the website of your source
7. Highlight and copy the URL in your citation, click the Link button, select External Link, paste the URL you copied, and click Add Link
8. Save your edit and check to see that a footnote appears where you inserted the ref tags
9. Click on the footnote and make sure the citation at the bottom appears correctly with a working hyperlink
On Your Own
Add References for the information you've contributed to the NetGenEd wikiAll information you add to the wiki (including images) will need to be cited using a ref tag for each source
Learn a Little More
Continue to explore your technology trendTry searching for videos (so you can see demos of the latest tech in action)
Since you can't view YouTube at school, limit your search with the term -youtube.com
Wednesday, April 6
Watch and Discuss Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - Lux Aurumque
Thursday, April 7 - Friday, April 8
What a funny coincidence!
After we looked at Eric Whitacre's virtual choir yesterday in class, it was featured on NPR's All Things Considered that eveningThey've Never Met, but 2,051 singers perform together
How Does Creative Commons Work?
Building on the PastThis video created by Justin Cone won the Creative Commons Moving Images Contest
How Does Creative Commons Relate to 21st Century Global Leadership?
A Shared CultureWhat are the different kinds of Creative Commons licenses?
Here they areWhere can I find Creative Commons licensed work?
Use the search engine provided on the Creative Commons websiteOr search the content directories for audio, video, image, and text sources
What Do I Need to Do Today?
Find a Creative-Commons-licensed image related to your technology topicAdd it to your wiki page with a citation: "image title" CC by username on Website (Flickr, etc.)
Google Advanced Image Search (select Usage Rights and pull down the licensing options in the bottom right-hand corner)
Flickr's Creative Commons Portal
Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search
Library of Congress photostream on Flickr
Compfight (be sure to select CC next to the search bar)
Behold
FlickrStorm (save CC images with a URL)
FlickrCC
Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers need to fill out this form each week